R. Davis started by meeting by explaining that comments on the stipend
proposal as submitted via email to LAUCD members by G. Bynon need to be
submitted by to him by January 26 and to meet that deadline we needed to
reschedule this meeting and move up the date of the General Membership
Meeting to accommodate discussion on this issue.

R. Davis provided a brief background summary of the status of the stipends.
The concept of a stipend is already written into the APM as of November
1, 1997. R. Davis had been awaiting "official" word from the
Library Administration that stipends had been approved by the campus, however,
we were actually waiting for approval of the proposal for implementing
stipends which was submitted by the Library Administration.

J. Sherlock reminded the group that the stipend issue was discussed
at previous LAUCD meetings in past years, and the current Library Administration
proposal does not deviate from the discussions in the past.

Regarding details of the proposal for stipends, it was clarified that
only Department Heads and only non-represented librarians are eligible
for stipends. Money for stipends would come from the Library’s Operating
Budget. The amount of the proposed stipend is $200. per month.

K. Kocher spoke on behalf of the LAUCD Professional Issues Committee
saying that the committee had met once to discuss stipends and provided
additional background on how LAUCD arrived at the current stipend proposal.
As background comments, he noted that the two track system for advancement
for UC librarians is thought by some to be incompatible with a two track
compensation system and disagreement with the concept on various campuses
as well as a perceived inconsistency in application of the stipends has
created some controversy within some of the LAUC divisions.

The LAUCD General Membership meeting has been scheduled for January
13, 9-11 a.m. The LAUCD General Membership meeting will be an opportunity
for all librarians to discuss the stipend issue in a large meeting.
Other agenda items for next week’s General Membership meeting will include
reports from R. Davis on the LAUC Fall Assembly held at UCD and probably
a University Librarian’s report.

M. Meister reported that she will be at ALA during the LAUCD General
Membership meeting and Buz Haughton volunteered to take minutes of the
meeting.